Born in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph Nichols
and Mary (Curtiss) Nichols
Sister of
John Nichols, Nathan Nichols, Joseph Nichols, Abigail (Nichols) Shelton, Sarah (Nichols) Beecher, Eunice (Nichols) Shelton, Elizabeth (Nichols) French and Andrew Nichols
Wife of
Peter Pixlee
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
Benjamin Hawley
— married
18 Feb 1725 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Abel Hawley, Eunice (Pixlee) Wells, Benjamin Hawley Jr., Huldah (Pixlee) Burroughs, William Hawley, William Pixlee, David (Pixlee) Pixley and Mary Pixlee
Died [date unknown]
in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Sep 2010
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Biography
- Mary Nichols was born 20 June 1707 at Stratford, TWP, Fairfield, Conneticut, United States. She was the daughter of Capt. Joseph and Mary (Curtis) Nichols. [1]
- She married first Benjamin Hawley on 13 February 1724/25 in Stratford. They had the following children: Abraham, Abel, Enos, Benjamin, William, Sarah, and Joseph
- She married second Peter Pixlee/Pixley of Old Mill, Stratford, CT
- Her inventory was completed on 4 November 1799 in Stratford. William Pixlee was the administrator of her estate.[2]
Sources
- ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F77P-7MT : 3 December 2014), Mary Nicolls, 20 Jun 1707; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
- ↑ “Probate records v. 3-4 1795-1809”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-TKFT : 5 December 2022), FHL microfilm 007627133, image 233, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 3, 1795-1801, Pages 428.
- Nicholls, Walter (1909) Sergeant Francis Nicholls of Stratford, Connecticut, 1639, and the Descdendants of his son, Caleb Nicholls. The Grafton Press, Genealogical Publishers, New York. pages 27, 35 (#51)
- "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F77P-7MT : 3 December 2014), Mary Nicolls, 20 Jun 1707; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
- Ancestry.com
- Hawley, Elias. The Hawley Record (E.H. Hutchinson & Co., Buffalo, N.Y., 1890) Page 441.
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Rick Pierpont
Rick Pierpont
The sources above show that this Mary Nichols, b. 7 Jun 1707, m. Benjamin Hawley, not Peter Pixlee.
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[Living Winter]
Nichols-2746 and Nichols-123 appear to represent the same person because: Note that Nichols-123 says her parents are Joseph Nichols & Mary Curtis.
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by [Living Winter]
Rejected matches › Mary Elsie (Claypool) Nichols (1892-1961) › Mary Nichols (1722-) › Mary (Nichols) Lindsay (abt.1702-1794) › Mary (Nichols) Baker (bef.1782-1867) › Mary Catherine Hawley (1926-1926) › Mary (Watson) Nichols (bef.1705-) › Mary Unknown (abt.1705-aft.1737) › Mary Nicholson (1706-)
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